Science Action Club - Bug Safari Kit

Nature Watch has partnered with California Academy of Sciences to provide their Bug Safari Kit!

California Academy of Sciences has created the Science Action Club (SAC), which is a STEM program for middle school youth. Youth in SAC develop curiosity, science skills, and positive STEM identities through games, projects, and hands-on investigations. Citizen and community science projects in each SAC unit connect youth with scientists to help design strategies to protect our planet.

Designed by a world-class science museum, each kit includes easy-to-follow activity plans, a complete set of STEM supplies, and a self-paced online training platform for staff. The training provides step-by-step guidance for all 12 activities in each unit, as well as important science concepts and helpful strategies for teaching STEM in an informal learning environment.

Bug Safari explores small creatures with big environmental impacts. On local field expeditions, youth search for arthropods, collect specimens, and post photographs to iNaturalist—a citizen and community science project and online social network for nature research. Tapping into the global scientific community, youth will use real tools and technology to learn the basics of bug science and what it means to be an entomologist.

Each activity is designed for a 60-90 minute club session and can be extended with bonus resources included.

For grades 5-8.

Sample Bug Safari Lesson Plans

Nature Watch shares customer contact information with Science Action Club (SAC) so their staff can enroll you and your team in the online training and welcome you into SAC’s national community of practice.